Advanced Idioms - Nature 1
Index
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ID09
ANSWERS
EXPLANATION
water
cloud
bush
wood
air
rain
land
mountain
storm
tree
1)
Steve has promised to come and see me again tomorrow , come
or shine.
2)
Don’t beat about the
. Tell me exactly what you think is wrong with my work.
3)
If you expect to borrow money from me, you are barking up the wrong
.
4)
The police's theory will not hold
. The suspect has a watertight alibi.
5)
The situation is so complex that many people are unable to see the
for the trees.
6)
Our neighbours are continually quarreling, but it is usually a
in a teacup.
7)
I have been walking on
since I found out that I have been awarded a scholarship to study music.
8)
I don't know the exact circumstances of his resignation, but he left under a bit of a
.
9)
I hadn't heard from her for years and was glad to find her still in the
of the living.
10)
He was only three minutes late! You're making a
out of a molehill.
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Answers
1)
come rain or shine
whether it rains or not, whatever the weather
2)
beat about the bush
discuss a matter without coming to the point
3)
bark up the wrong tree
doing sth that will not get the result you want
4)
not hold water
not be or not appear to be true
5)
not see the wood for the trees
not understand the main point about something
6)
a storm in a teacup
great outrage or excitement about a trivial matter
7)
walk on air
feel very happy
8)
under a cloud
under suspicion or discredited
9)
be in the land the living
not dead, alive
10)
make a mountain out of a molehill
make an unimportant matter seem important
